Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780134083278
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 14P
Your firm purchases goods from its supplier on terms of 3/15, Net 40.
- a. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 40?
- b. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 50?
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Your firm purchases goods from its supplier on terms of 2.3/14, net 40. a. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 40?. (Round to one decimal place.) b. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 50? (Round to one decimal place.)
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Firms usually offer their customers some form of trade credit. This allowance comes with certain terms of credit, which will affect the actual cost of asset being sold for the buyer and the seller.
Consider this case:
Green Moose Industries buys most of its raw materials from a single supplier. This supplier sells to Green Moose on terms of 1/10, net 30.
The cost per period of the trade credit extended to Green Moose is ________(1.23%, 0.89%, 1.01%, 1.05%) (Note: Round all intermediate calculations to four decimal places, and your final answer to two decimal places.).
Green Moose’s trade credit has a nominal annual cost of _______ (22.85%, 19.17%, 16.59%, 18.43%) , assuming a 365-day year. (Note: Round all intermediate calculations to four decimal places, and your final answer to two decimal places.)
If Green Moose Industries’s supplier shortens its discount period to five days, this will _______ (Increase, Decrease) the cost of the trade credit.
Chapter 26 Solutions
Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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